The Germania Bank building is the only remaining brownstone “skyscraper” in St Paul. The eight...
Twin Cities Area
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
For many at the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities campus, May 9, 1972 started out like any other...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
District #28 School in Ramsey
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Landmark Center In St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Wilder Public Baths
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
I saw this pretty old farmhouse streak by my window as I was driving on I-35 and knew right away...
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Planning for a new road for stagecoach travel westward from the Mississippi began in the winter of...
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Green Lake Mounds
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Little Marais Inn
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Welcome To Old Wadena
The End of the Line in Currie
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Exploring Ottawa
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
State Theater In Hutchinson
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Le Sueur Theater
The Old School In Wolverton
Historic Franconia
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Florence Town Hall
The Almelund Creamery
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Historic Wasioja
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Welcome To Cobden
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Exploring Sandstone
Endion School In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Enter Marlon Brando
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Red Wing Iron Works
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Church of the Holy Cross
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Meyer School In St Augusta
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
District 48 School Near Delano
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Endion Depot In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Little Falls Depot
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Milford Monument
Welcome to Hanska
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
District 6 School in New Sweden
Moving Old Hibbing
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lost Highway 61
Bend in the River Regional Park
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Visiting Golden Gate
Old Brewery In Preston
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hollywood Town Hall
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Duluth Homestead Project
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Article Archive
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Old Brewery In Preston